A Picnic Train Delayed. a Drunken Engine Driver. Ordered Off the Engine. Scare at South Melbourne -- A Pleasant Picnic Party
The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 March 1897 · page 5
A sensational occurrence took place on Friday evening at Sunbury, Victoria, in connection with a large State school picnic to that town from South…
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Evening News · Wednesday 17 March 1897 · page 5
Mr. J. Harper, goods superintendent, Department of Railways, attended before the Public Works Committee yesterday afternoon, and gave supplementary evidence regarding goods rates proposed to be charged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mountain Murders. Butler and the Tramp. the Story Corroborated. Another Witness Turns Up
Evening News · Wednesday 17 March 1897 · page 4
The police are in possession of evidence corroborating the story told by the swagman Farrell, to whom Butler gave a coat and other articles of wearing apparel stated to belong to Lee Weller…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The City Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1897 · page 8
Sir,—The city railway extension problem has been beaten from so many competent sides that I dare only with hesitation to solicit your kindness for submitting by your paper yet another suggestion…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →City Railway Commission
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1897 · page 9
Also in The Australian Star
At noon yesterday the Public Works Committee, sitting as a Royal Commission, resumed its inquiry into the proposed extension of the railway system of the colony into the city of Sydney and to the deep…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railways Versus Teams. What the Department Loses
The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 March 1897 · page 8
The loss of the Railway Department by the competition from teams is not so very great apparently, from the facts that were elicited in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Moree to Inverell Railway
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1897 · page 5
The question put before the members of the Public Works Committee yesterday afternoon was the further consideration of the proposed railway from Moree to Inverell. Mr. J. Harper, goods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coming Federal Convention. a Chat with Mr. A. I. Clark. Views on Important Points. Franchise, Debts, Railways, Tariff, and Judiciary
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1897 · page 9
Sir. A. Inglis Clark, Attorney-General of Tasmania, who left on Monday by the R.M.S. Monowai for the United States in search of health, is acknowledged to be one of the best authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →City Railway Extension. the Cost Oe Proposed Resumptions
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1897 · page 10
Sitting as a Royal Commission, the members Public Works Committee yesterday continued their inquiry into the question of extending the railway into the city, A letter from Mr. G. N. Griffi[?] the substance of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Opening of a New Road
The Australian Star · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 7
The new road which has been made as a means of easier access to Centennial Park for the residents of Waverley, Randwick and surrounding districts…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Road to Centennial Park
Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 3
The new road to the entrance of Centennial Park was formally opened yesterday afternoon. It covers a distance of between three and four furlongs between Carrington-road and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Railway Extension. the Question of Wharfage Accommodation. the St. Tames'-road Site for the Terminal Station
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 7
The members of the Public Works Committee sat again yesterday at noon as a Royal Commission to inquire with respect to the expediency and best methods of extending the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Parramatta Road. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 8
Sir,—Kindly permit me to call attention to a section of the Parramatta road passing through Camperdown which is at present undergoing repairs. For fully half a mile ahead of the place where the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A New Road to Centennial Park. the Opening Ceremony
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 3
The formal opening of the new road to the enfrance of Centennial Park took place yesterday afternoon. The road, which has hean carefully luid out and metalled, starts from Carrington-road, near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Wallsend Coal Co., Head Office : South British Chambers. Bridge Street, Sydney
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 3
This Company can supply 2,000 Tons of Coal per Day. Shipments are made at the Government Clanes, News castle, and by Steamers alongside Ships in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Railways. Visit of Mr. H. C. Stanley to Europe
Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 6
LONDON, March 17.—Mr. H. C. Stanley, M.I.C.E., chief engineer for the Southern and Western lines in Queensland, who is on a visit to Europe, has inspected the short…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Railway Wanted
Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 3
COLLARENEBRI, Thursday.—meeting of the Collarenebri Railway League was held yesterday afternoon, when several important resolutions were passed. Correspondence was read from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Tram Collision. Death of Beech
Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 4
A man named John Beech who was injured on the 5th instant in Parramatta-road, opposite the University Park, owing to a tram collision, died in Prince Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Short Railway Lines. London, March 17
The Australian Star · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 3
Mr. H. C. Stanley, M.I.C.E., of Brisbane (Q.), Chief Engineer for the southern and western lines in Queensland, who is visiting Europe at present, has…
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